CHANCE an OOS'er

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Male/Asian/Out of State/Applied to Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: 1290 (700 Math, 590 Critical Reading)
GPA: 4.2 (weighted)
Toughest possible courseload (7+APs)</p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist
National Honor Society
National English Honor Society
Student Government
Varsity Lacrosse
Hospital Volunteering
Great Essays and Recs
No Rank</p>

<p>Applied priority deadline. Chance please! A bit worried since out of state is hard to get in...and people have said they have gotten a likely letter, and I haven't so I'm freaking out.</p>

<p>Also, Maryland first considers you for the general college, then for your the school of your intended major right?</p>

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<p>Solid chance. What state are you from? If you are not strong enough for LEP then you will be admitted in Letters and Sciences. </p>

<p>[Letters</a> & Sciences - University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.ltsc.umd.edu/]Letters”>http://www.ltsc.umd.edu/)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! I am from Virginia.</p>

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<p>I think you’re definitely going to get in. Can you chance me too please? :)</p>

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<p>Major: Kinesiology, Pre-Physical therapy track
Class size: 216
Class rank: top 20%</p>

<p>Standardized test scores:
ACT composite: 29
SAT: CR: 530, Math: 650, Writing: 670
SAT II: Biology M: 740, Math 2: 660</p>

<p>GPA: around 93 unweighted, 94 or 95 weighted</p>

<p>Work experience:
Physical Therapy Aide at current employer since March 2010
Intern Athletic Trainer at current high school
Camp counselor for town recreation for 3 summers</p>

<p>Volunteer service:
Volunteer for the parish I belong to, 4 years of service around the holidays
Camp counselor last spring during spring break
Senior mentor for incoming freshmen this year
Tutor for biology and algebra last year, and italian and geometry this year (in-school)</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity field hockey: team captain in 2010 and 2011
Junior Varsity Field Hockey: participant in 2008 and 2009, team captain in 2009
Italian Club: 3 years
Support Our Troops Club: 1 year</p>

<p>Awards:
National Honor Society
National Foreign Language Honor Society
New York State Mathematics Honor Society
New York State Science Honor Society
National Society for High School Scholars</p>

<p>Leadership:
LeadAmerica Leadership Conference, Summer 2008, Fordham University, Bronx, NY </p>

<p>last year APs (junior year):
Statistics: 4
Bio: 5</p>

<p>this year:
Physics B</p>

<p>my first quarter grades this year:
AP Physics: 98
Calculus Honors: 93
SUPA Italian (college level): 93
English: 95
Sociology: 95
…gym (haha): 99</p>

<p>for the previous years, my unweighted gpa is about a 93 and weighted is a 94, not including these grades</p>